Rotterdam

DuhhaN · Post by **DuhhaN** » Tue 23rd Jun 2009 09:14 am

Can anyone tell me anything about Rotterdam a couple of mates mentioned it and they wish to go visit it while we are in A'dam but i dnt really now anything about it... like is there anything thats fun to do?

thanks

Twichaldinho · Post by **Twichaldinho** » Tue 23rd Jun 2009 05:35 pm

Avoiding the Feynoord casuals en rout to the Stadium could be defined as fun

All joking aside, I only went for football, therfore cant help buddy.

DuhhaN · Post by **DuhhaN** » Tue 23rd Jun 2009 05:44 pm

does it make part of netherlands though are you able to smoke there or are there any coffee shops?.... any help would be greatly appreciated

Twichaldinho · Post by **Twichaldinho** » Tue 23rd Jun 2009 05:46 pm

https://www.coffeeshopdirect.com/Tx_Rotterdam.html

lots of coffeeshops. Does that help?

DuhhaN · Post by **DuhhaN** » Tue 23rd Jun 2009 05:53 pm

bestiality mate ... haha

happydaze777 · Post by **happydaze777** » Tue 23rd Jun 2009 06:08 pm

Lot of smack heads too last time I visited...

DuhhaN · Post by **DuhhaN** » Tue 23rd Jun 2009 09:32 pm

hmmmmmmmmmm i see definetly not my kind of circle then ..... I hate them douch bags they always end up thinkin they are more hardcore..... 2bad they dnt realize the damage

Balou · Post by **Balou** » Wed 24th Jun 2009 12:36 am

Spent a few days there in March and it was okay. Coffeeshop Nemo on Nieuwe Binnenweg not bad and close to the Euromast. There are several pubs and cafes as well as a couple of clubs off the Schouwburgplein and Stadhuisplein. Crazy construction going on around Rotterdam Centraal, don't be like me and start off walking the wrong way to my hotel.

Boner · Post by **Boner** » Wed 24th Jun 2009 12:51 am

This could be Rotterdam or anywhere.

Enjoy.

Popeye · Post by **Popeye** » Wed 1st Jul 2009 02:06 pm

I was there from 29th December until 3rd January, and although I did a fair bit of commuting into the Dam while I was there, I found it to be alright. To be honest, there isn't all that much to do there, but I was flying solo - I think that will have had something to do with my appreciation of the place.

Nieuwe Binnenweg is the main coffeeshop street, and as mentioned above, Coffeeshop Nemo is pretty good. Weed was good, bright interior - only complaint was the booming hip-hop, which is on constantly. I kinda used it as a starting point each morning.

Here's a couple of pictures from there:

They have a parrot too, if my memory serves me. The bugger can mimic the squeak of the smoking room door opening!

Pluto & Sky High were OK too, and de Lachende Paus had some great hash, but it is a buy & fly place - nowhere for smoking that I noticed. They have loads of pipes, etc - worth looking in for gifts - I bought some friends little hand crafted looking pipes in there, and they weren't expensive at all.

The city itself is nice - pretty different from Amsterdam, doesn't have nearly as many tourists, stuff is a little cheaper, etc. The coffeeshop scene is largely Moroccan run, too. (From what I could gather.)

Here's another couple of pics:

And I saw this sign there. I assume 'kiss' means park, as it was near the railway station - made me chuckle anyways!

Hope this helps!

Btw, I was told buy the bartender in my hostel that the local police don't take as kindly to weed smoking on the street as they do in the Dam. Apparently the police chief made a big deal of it, saying something like '... this isn't Amsterdam.' Dick.

spidergawd · Post by **spidergawd** » Thu 9th Jul 2009 04:57 pm

http://www.rotterdam.info/uk/

I quite like Rotterdam, but thats probably because I was a merchant seaman and knew it well, but it depends what your interests are really. Obviously its very different to Amsters, but theres plenty of C/S's you can smoke in, a brilliant gallery http://www.boijmans.rotterdam.nl/en/, where you can see the only two pictures by Hieronymus Bosch in the Netherlands, lots of architecture and public sculpture and, I believe, a good music scene.
Have fun my dears.

aradiasraven · Post by **aradiasraven** » Thu 10th Sep 2009 09:47 pm

I am a major Rotterdam fan, I prefer it over Amsterdam, because the herb is as good and cheaper than A dam.Nemo and Sky High are two of my favs. I also like the feel of the Rdam more.